Old and worn out. It was recently remodeled, but whoever did the remodel did a very poor job at it.
The only remodeling they did was adding the cheap laminate and windows to the rooms. Aside from that, the door knobs, doors, hinges, lighting switches, the furniture, fixtures, even the hair dryer must have been at least 20 years old.
The internet was painfully slow, one router for the whole property, if it was even up.
In its defense the only thing I can say is that EVERY HOTEL in this stretch of I-35 with the exception of the Courtyard or Fairfield by Marriott are OLD and the best you can hope for is that they're clean.
The owners of these dingy hotels know they're always going to have customers no matter what, that's why they don't have any incentive to do better. And by better I mean some of these hotels need to be razed and built new again.